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Interview with Hanya Holm
- Title
- Interview with Hanya Holm [sound recording]
- Author
- Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992.
- Publication
- 1983.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2279 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Siegel, Marcia B.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.)
- Summary
- Side A, ca. 25 min. [Begins abruptly.] Hanya Holm speaks about receiving the Scripps award [Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award]; her belief that dance must rise above the banality of everyday life; thoughts on the summer dance program at Colorado [College in Colorado Springs]; more on her feelings about having received the Scripps award; contrasts the meaninglessness of technique and genre labels with the importance of understanding the underlying principles of controlling movement; her reasons for continuing to teach notwithstanding her advanced age, including her desire to impart certain values to younger dancers [ends abruptly].
- Side B, ca. 20 min. [Begins abruptly with continuation of the interview.] Holm speaks about her plans for the money she received from the Scripps award; the easier life of dancers today; more on values; Holm's work Jocose, including its first performance [by the Don Redlich Dance Company]; her creative process; more on reaching beyond mere mechanical movement; Don Redlich's choreography.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Hanya Holm conducted by Marcia B. Siegel on Apr. 18, 1983, probably in New York City.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2279
- OCLC
- NYPY04-R12
- Author
- Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Hanya Holm [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1983.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2279Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2279
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Holm, H.
- Added Author
- Siegel, Marcia B. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2279